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Jul 8, 2011 | 06:52 PM

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Head Gasket > .060 Compressed

I'm in need of a head gasket (4 inch bore) that has a compressed thickness of greater than .060. My current setup is putting me out of the hole too much with the stock MLS gaskets. Anybody know of a good one?

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Jul 8, 2011 | 07:29 PM

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could probably get one made by cometic

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Jul 8, 2011 | 09:48 PM

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I'm pretty sure Cometic has shelf gaskets roughly .085", and can do thicker custom ones if needed.

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I'm in need of a head gasket (4 inch bore) that has a compressed thickness of greater than .060. My current setup is putting me out of the hole too much with the stock MLS gaskets. Anybody know of a good one?

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How far out are you?

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Jul 10, 2011 | 12:20 PM

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Good recommendations. Flaming TA - Im .0020 out right now.

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Jul 10, 2011 | 01:44 PM

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your pistons are .0020 out of hole

, that is less than stock (.007>.008), so you can run even thinner gasket.

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Jul 10, 2011 | 06:55 PM

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your pistons are .0020 out of hole

, that is less than stock (.007>.008), so you can run even thinner gasket.

Haha, sorry. That was a typo. They are .020 out....one too many zero's. I was going to run the gm mls gasket, but that would put me around .034 quench. Ive always been told that .040 is about as tight as you wanna go.

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Jul 11, 2011 | 04:08 PM

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Jegs has a nice selection of Cometic MLS head gaskets in a range of thicknesses and bores.

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